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In the Loop

Nitty Gritty I Brass Business Sentence Means Loop

Id in_the_loop_251
Idiom GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS/BUSINESS/THE NITTY GRITTY
Definition to get serious or practical about something
Examples
  1. I think we’ve fooled around with this plan long enough. It’s time to get down to brass tacks.
  2. The meeting should have started fifteen minutes ago. I have another appointment in an hour, and I wish we would get down to business.
  3. Your ideas in this report are hard to understand. Why not take out all the useless information and get down to the nitty gritty?
Cross-Refs

Compare to: (sentence 1) talk turkey; (sentence 2) get the show on the road
Extra Info

To get down to business means to get serious and start. To get down to the nitty gritty means to get to the basic issue or problem.
Category Job/Work

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